Laser devices based on one- and two-photon pumped semiconductor core-shell quantum dots

Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-86

  Fortunati, I ^a   Gardin, S ^a   Todescato, F ^a   Signorini, R ^a   Bozio, R ^a   Jasieniak, J J ^b   Martucci, A ^a   Della Giustina, Gioia ^a   Pistore, A ^a   Brusatin, G ^a   Guglielmi, M ^a   Prasciolu, M ^c   Romanato, F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

Author keywords

DFB laser; Imprinting; Lithography; Quantum dots; Sol gel; Two photon absorption; Up converted Lasing

Indexed keywords

DFB LASER; IMPRINTING; QUANTUM DOTS; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; UP-CONVERTED LASING;

ABSORPTION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; GELS; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; HYBRID MATERIALS; LASER EXCITATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; ZINC SULFIDE;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 79954473065     PISSN: 15430537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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